“Like
anything in God's world, smartphones and social media have the capacity for
both blasphemy and blessing. Mel Alexenberg's important book Through a Bible
Lens provides our generation the perfect model for the best usage of
smartphones and social media to encourage greater appreciation for the Bible
and the Land of Israel. Anyone who appreciates either will gain an important
perspective from Alexenberg's lens.” – Rabbi Tuly Weisz, editor of The
Israel Bible; director of Israel365 and publisher of Breaking Israel News:
Latest News from a Biblical Perspective
"Through
a Bible Lens offers a unique and personal challenge to the reader to
integrate Bible Study, the creation that surrounds us, and our personal
experience into a “living journal.” Dr. Alexenberg’s approach offers a
fun, yes fun, path to integrate pondering the deepest questions of Scripture
with modern living and a literally visual journey through life. Written
from a Jewish Torah loving perspective, this book will be a joy to any lover of
the Bible, Christian or Jewish. I not only endorse it, I look forward to
integrating these ideas into my personal encounter with Scripture." -
Dr. Jim Solberg, author of Sinai Speaks; USA National Director of
Bridges for Peace
“The iPhone
has changed our culture and our ways of thinking and acting in the world. This
book brings together spiritual thought, everyday practices of communication and
interaction and profound insights about meaning and purpose in contemporary
life in a brilliant and sustained exposition. Once again, Alexenberg has carved
out a unique point of view that deserves the highest praise and a large
readership. Great book!!” – Dr. Ron Burnett, author of How Images Think;
president, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
“Who would
have thought that there would be a way to connect smartphones to the ancient
world of the Bible? Professor Alexenberg has the expertise and experience
to do so. This is a unique and fascinating book.” – Dr. Gerald R.
McDermott, author of Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think
Differently about the People and the Land and The New Christian Zionism:
Fresh Perspectives on Israel and the Land; Anglican professor of
Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
“The book's
wonderful synthesis between spirituality and technology, heaven and earth, is
exciting and thought-provoking. It is a practical demonstration of Solomon's
wisdom: "Acknowledge God in all your paths." Alexenberg's affirmation of the spiritual
potential of the Internet, blogging, photography, new technologies and social
media, brings to mind the dictum of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Chief
Rabbi of pre-state Israel: "The old will be renewed, and the new will be
sanctified." - Rabbi
Chanan Morrison, author of Sapphire from the Land of Israel: New Light on
the Torah Portion from the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook
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